Kyrgyzstan vs Tajikistan: Life expectancy

Kyrgyzstan
71.68 years
in 2023
Tajikistan
71.79 years
in 2023
Kyrgyzstan rank
156th
Tajikistan rank
153rd

Life expectancy over time

  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Tajikistan
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How they compare

Tajikistan currently reports 71.79 years against 71.68 years in Kyrgyzstan, a difference of 0.11 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Kyrgyzstan ahead.

Kyrgyzstan ranks 156th and Tajikistan ranks 153rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Kyrgyzstan averaged higher in 6 and Tajikistan in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Difference Ahead
1950s 53.4 years 50.7 years 2.7 years Kyrgyzstan
1960s 56.5 years 54.43 years 2.08 years Kyrgyzstan
1970s 59.63 years 57.68 years 1.95 years Kyrgyzstan
1980s 63.52 years 60.67 years 2.85 years Kyrgyzstan
1990s 64.06 years 60.56 years 3.49 years Kyrgyzstan
2000s 65.84 years 66.22 years 0.3846 years Tajikistan
2010s 69.2 years 69.73 years 0.5359 years Tajikistan
2020s 70.4 years 70.39 years 0.0097 years Kyrgyzstan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Kyrgyzstan or Tajikistan?
Tajikistan, at 71.79 years against 71.68 years in Kyrgyzstan as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan?
0.11 years, with Tajikistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan rank globally for life expectancy?
Kyrgyzstan ranks 156th and Tajikistan ranks 153rd of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Life expectancy
Unit
years
Source
Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
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Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.